The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23
'riIOaNTON,s PAPER.
\ Bright Essay on Fruit Crow
 ing for Profit.

The subject you have chosen for my address upon this occasion Is one of more than ordinary in- terest to this union, and should be to the people of this entire valley. Under the present system of grain farming the close of the year sees most men as poor as when it began. This is not because of the poverty of the land. the instability of the climate, nor, because they do not toll long and hard enough. The evil lies ia the low price of grain and hay as compared with that of the price of fruit. The land that will scarce yield a ton of wheat or barley to the acre will turn of from ten to twenty tons of fruit which, pound for pound, will bring twice as much nancy in the mar ket as the grain. Such being the case then
 FRUIT GROWING FOR PROFIT
 Should become the watchword ot every man and woman in this much favored spot. But, says the objector, in the first place you have overrated the profits, and in the second if everybody goes into the business 1t will be over done and we shall all be ruined. This IS the same old cry that has gone up from California for the last twenty years and yet no person has been ruined while the area of vines and trees has been extending in every direction until the valleys and mountain slopes present q magnificent sight with their bur den of fruits, and the owners of these vineyards and orchards have hourished and waxed rich with the profits thereof. It is one of the laws of trade that where 1t is diff cult to find q market for a small quantity of a commodity multiply the supply and there will be a de-
  .mand for all, and more too. Such has been and still is the condition of the fruit market of California, and such will be the condition of affairs here.
 o-day there is not one orchard where on consecutive days one thousand pounds ofapy sort of fruit can be picked for shipping, or to supply either cannery or dryer. This being the case. Is it q wonder that there is no market other than the limited home one which q thousand pounds per day over stocks? In order to make tht business profitable there must bt system in planting. To many va riet;es is ono of the rocks that vii cause the effort to fail. Planter: should become specialists to [ great extent. Many acres of one two or three, at most, choice yarl cites will always command remun crative prices. The min wh' makes specially of apricots ca' hardly fail in making q fortune provided he knows how to proper ly grow and train his trees. So ais with peaches, nectariaes, pears apples. quiuces and pomegranate:
 Again I will say. for l desire t impress it upon your minds, tha quantity of desirable fruit one of the chief clements tha enter into the question. Yo must make tine quantity tn chief object, either in handiin the crop yourselves or for it's salt If you intend to ship green the you must be prepared to do so i car load lots in order to derive th greatest benefit from low freight and quick returns from your con mission merchants. Ii for dryin or canning, 1t comes in togeth' in such quantities that you ca afford to put on a large force unt your crop is disposed of. Ii yo desire to sell upon the trees thel is an object for dealers to pay yc the top price of the market b cause of the economy m handlin
 Now to get back to objectic number one, that I have everest mated the profits of the bushes Let us see. It is conceded on sides that there IS no spot whe
 fruit trees thrive better and be
 more abundantly than in Salt ] yer valley. 4 well ffrown pea' at four years old should bear n less than 100 pounds of got fruit; Tn its sixth year 300. NC I am not going to make menti'
 of its second and third years be;
 ing but will start with the fouri
 As to the distrnce 1 shonld rec
 mend planting. 14xl4 feet; v
 will get 200 trees to the acre aft